Storms in West Virginia in 2001
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West Virginia in 2001, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.
West Virginia in 2001 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 838
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- $213 million
- Episodes
- 133
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind | 151 | 0 | 0 | $107,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 104 | 0 | 0 | $541,000 |
| Flash Flood | 92 | 5 | 2 | $212 million |
| Heavy Rain | 91 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 70 | 0 | 0 | $194,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 68 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 60 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 55 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Northern Lights | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 1 | 0 | 0 | $201,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2001
- Extreme Cold in West Virginia, January 3, 2001
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 5, 2001
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 8, 2001
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, January 18 to 19, 2001
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, January 19 to 20, 2001
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Strong Wind and Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 27, 2001
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, January 27, 2001
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, January 29 to 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, January 30 to 31, 2001
February 2001
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 5, 2001
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, February 9, 2001
- High Wind and Strong Wind in West Virginia, February 9 to 10, 2001
- High Wind in West Virginia, February 9 to 10, 2001
- High Wind in West Virginia, February 10, 2001
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, February 15, 2001
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 22, 2001
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 22, 2001
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 22, 2001
- High Wind in West Virginia, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in West Virginia, February 25, 2001
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, February 25 to 26, 2001
March 2001
- Cold in West Virginia, March 1 to 31, 2001
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, March 4 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, March 4 to 5, 2001
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, March 6, 2001
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, March 6 to 7, 2001
- High Wind in West Virginia, March 13, 2001
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, March 13, 2001
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, March 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, March 20 to 21, 2001
- Flash Flood and Winter Storm in West Virginia, March 21 to 22, 2001
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, March 21, 2001
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, March 29 to 30, 2001
April 2001
- Hail in West Virginia, April 8, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, April 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, April 9, 2001
- Hail in West Virginia, April 9, 2001
- Hail in West Virginia, April 10, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, April 10, 2001
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, April 11, 2001
- High Wind in West Virginia, April 15, 2001
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, April 17, 2001
- Extreme Cold in West Virginia, April 19, 2001
May 2001
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, May 1 to 31, 2001
- Hail in West Virginia, May 1, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 17, 2001
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, May 17, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 17, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, May 17, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flood in West Virginia, May 18 to 19, 2001
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, May 18, 2001
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, May 18, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, May 19, 2001
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 21, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 22, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, May 22, 2001
- High Wind in West Virginia, May 24, 2001
June 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 2, 2001
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 4, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 5, 2001
- Hail in West Virginia, June 5, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 6, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 6, 2001
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 6, 2001
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in West Virginia, June 7, 2001
- Heat in West Virginia, June 12 to 13, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 12, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, June 12, 2001
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 13, 2001
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 13, 2001
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 13, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 20, 2001
- Hail in West Virginia, June 20, 2001
- Hail in West Virginia, June 20, 2001
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 21, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in West Virginia, June 22, 2001
- Heat in West Virginia, June 27 to 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 30, 2001
July 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in West Virginia, July 1, 2001
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 1, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 5, 2001
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 5, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 8 to 9, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, July 10 to 11, 2001
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 10, 2001
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 10 to 11, 2001
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 18, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 19, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 26, 2001
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 26, 2001
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, July 29, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 29, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 29, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 29, 2001
August 2001
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in West Virginia, August 4, 2001
- Heat in West Virginia, August 6 to 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 8, 2001
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 9, 2001
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, August 10, 2001
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, August 10, 2001
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, August 11, 2001
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, August 11, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, August 12, 2001
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, August 12, 2001
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 19, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, August 23, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 23, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 28, 2001
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 28, 2001
September 2001
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, September 1 to 30, 2001
- Hail in West Virginia, September 24, 2001
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, September 25, 2001
October 2001
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, October 1 to 31, 2001
- Cold in West Virginia, October 8, 2001
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, October 24 to 25, 2001
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, October 25, 2001
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, October 27, 2001
November 2001
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, November 1 to 30, 2001
- Wildfire in West Virginia, November 1 to 28, 2001
- Northern Lights in West Virginia, November 5, 2001
December 2001
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.